An explosion caused by a homemade improvised explosive device (IED) killed one policeman and injured nine in Dokki on Friday morning. The IED exploded in Tahrir Street in Dokki at around 9:45am, killing one policeman and injuring nine of those charged with patrolling the area, said a brief statement from the Ministry of Interior. State-owned Al-Ahram reported that the IED was put under a tree close to "Ikhwan Maqar" company headquarters. The explosion happened three hours after a car bomb exploded in the vicinity of the Cairo Security Directorate.